Courtesy of Dave DensmorePhoto copyright 2006 NHRANHRA Funny Car Champ a First Team Selection for 14th Time

BURBANK, Calif. --

John Force

John Force, who drove the Castrol GTXR Ford Mustang to a
season-ending victory in the Auto Club Finals that secured an unprecedented 14th
NHRA Funny Car Championship, was one of 17 drivers from six different racing
disciplines selected to the 2006 Auto Racing All-America team by the membership of
the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association.

Force, drag racing's most prolific winner, was named to the team for the 13th time
in the last 14 seasons, joining NHRA POWERade Top Fuel Champion Tony
Schumacher in a lineup that also included Champ Car titleist Sebastien Bourdais, IRL
Champion Sam Hornish Jr. and NASCAR Champion Jimmie Johnson.

A record number of drivers earned first team recognition because five were
selected from a road racing category in which multiple drivers share duties in the same
race car.

Drag racers on the second team were NHRA Top Fuel standout Doug Kalitta,
IHRA Top Fuel champion Clay Millican and NHRA Pro Stock Champ Jason Line.

"It's always an honor to be recognized by the media," Force said of his selection
to the first team for the 14th time in his career. "To be included with all these other
great drivers from NASCAR and Indy Car and everywhere else, that's really special.
But, bottom line, there were a lot of really deserving drivers out there and my hat's off to
all of them."

Force, who on an unprecedented four occasions has won the Jerry Titus
Memorial Award as the driver receiving the most All-America votes (1996, 1999, 2000,
2002), will be recognized, along with the other team members, at the AARWBA
banquet at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Indianapolis on Saturday, Jan. 13.

It's the 14th consecutive year that a Team Castrol driver has been named to the
first team. Tony Pedregon, Force's former teammate, drove the Castrol SYNTEC Ford
to the 2003 NHRA Funny Car title and was rewarded with a first team berth.

Force, winner of a record 122 NHRA tour events, led a 1-2-4 finish for John
Force Racing and Team Castrol in the 2006 season. Teammate and son-in-law Robert
Hight was second in an Auto Club Ford that started from No. 1 a category best nine
times and Eric Medlen finished fourth in the SYNTEC Ford, his third consecutive Top 5.

Force, who has qualified for a record 392 consecutive NHRA tour events, won
three times in 2006, the 17th consecutive year he has earned three or more tour
victories.